Daniel P. Rasse, Ph.D.
Terrestrial biochemistry and environmental modelling
Bioforsk, Soil and Environment Division
Bioforsk, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences
Saghellinga A, Frederik A. Dahls vei, 20
1432 Ås NORWAY
Education
 Ph.D. in Soil Biophysics
 Michigan State University (USA)
 Ingénieur Agronome (Master of Science)
 Faculté des Sciences Agronomiques de Gembloux (Belgium)
Tel: +47 64 94 81 44
Fax: +47 64 94 81 10
e-mail: daniel.rasse@bioforsk.no
Jan 94 - Aug 97
Sept 87 - Sept 92
Previous and Current Positions
 Research scientist (Forsker)
Jan 2006 – present
 Bioforsk, Norwegian Institute for Agricultural Research (Ås, Norway)
 Research scientist (Chargé de Recherche)
Jan 2003 – Dec 2005
 Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (Paris, France)
 Organic matter dynamics in agricultural and forest soils
 Senior Research Associate (Premier Assistant)
Jan 99 – Dec 2002
 University of Liège (Belgium)
 Modelling carbon sequestration in temperate forests in response to
environmental changes
 Research Associate
Aug 97 - Dec 98
 Michigan State University – Pioneer Hi-Bred International
 Nitrogen leaching in inbred maize production systems, and modelling with
CERES-Maize
 Research and teaching assistant
Jan 94 - Aug 97
 Michigan State University
 Alfalfa and corn root modifications of soil nitrogen flux and retention
 Agronomic Consultant
May 93 - Oct 93
 Gembloux Agricultural University and Belgian Cooperation Agency
 Assessment of the Congolese agricultural sector
Honours and awards
 Honorary research associate of the Smithsonian Institution
 Fulbright Fellow
 Fellow of the C.S. Mott Chair for Sustainable Agriculture
 Award from Sigma Xi ‘Scientific Society of America’
2004-2007
1994-1998
1994-1997
1996
Reviewer for :
Biogeochemistry, Journal of Environmental Quality, Global Biogeochemical Cycles, Global Change
Biology, Soil Science Society of America Journal, Agronomy Journal, European Journal of Soil
Science, Plant and Soil
Publications
Peer-reviewed international journals
Alexis, M.A., D.P. Rasse, C. Rumpel, G. Bardoux, N. Péchot, P. Schmalzer, B.G. Drake, and A.
Mariotti. 2006. Fire impact on C and N losses and charcoal production in a scrub oak
ecosystem. Biogeochemistry, (in press)
Rasse, D.P., J. Mulder, C. Moni, and C. Chenu. 2006. Carbon turnover kinetics with depth in a
French loamy soil. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 70, 2097-2105.
http://dx.doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2006.0056
Rasse, D.P. and P. Tocquin. 2006. Leaf carbohydrate controls over Arabidopsis growth and
response to elevated CO2: an experimentally-based model. New Phytologist 172, 500513. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2006.01848.x
Bahri, H., M.-F. Dignac, C. Rumpel, D.P. Rasse, C. Chenu, and A. Mariotti. 2006. Lignin
turnover kinetics in an agricultural soil is monomer specific. Soil Biology and
Biochemistry. 38, 1977-1988. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.01.003
Gerakis, A., D.P. Rasse, Y. Kavdir, A.J.M. Smucker, I. Katsalirou, and J.T. Ritchie. 2006.
Simulation of leaching losses in the nitrogen cycle. Communications in Soil Science
and Plant Analysis. 37:1973-1997. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00103620600767462
Rasse, D.P., M.-F. Dignac, H. Bahri, C. Rumpel, A. Mariotti, and C. Chenu. 2006. Assessing
lignin turnover in an agricultural field: from plant residues to soil-protected fractions.
European Journal of Soil Science. 57:530-538. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.13652389.2006.00806.x
Grønlund, A., T.E. Sveistrup, A.K. Søvik, D.P. Rasse, and B. Kløve. 2006. Degradation of
cultivated peat soils in northern Norway based on field scale CO2, N2O and CH4 emission
measurements. Archives of Agronomy and Soil Science 52:149-159.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03650340600581968
Rumpel, C., M. Alexis, A. Chabbi, V. Chaplot, D.P. Rasse, C. Valentin, and A. Mariotti. 2006.
Black carbon contribution to soil organic matter composition in tropical sloping land
under
slash
and
burn
agriculture.
Geoderma,
130:35-46.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2005.01.007
Marsh, A.S., D.P. Rasse, B.G. Drake, and J.P. Megonigal. 2005. Carbon export from a brackish
marsh exposed to elevated CO2. Estuaries. 28:694-704. http://estuariesandcoasts.org/cgibin/est/printabstract.cgi?ESTU2005_28_5_694_704
Rasse, D.P., C. Rumpel, and M.-F. Dignac. 2005. Is soil carbon mostly root carbon?
Mechanisms for a specific stabilisation. Plant and Soil, 269:341-356.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11104-004-0907-y
Dignac M.-F., H. Bahri, C. Rumpel, D.P. Rasse, G. Bardoux, J. Balesdent, C. Girardin, C.
Chenu, and A. Mariotti A. 2005. Carbon-13 natural abundance as a tool to study the
dynamics of lignin monomers in soil: an appraisal at the Closeaux experimental field
(France). Geoderma, 128:3-17. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2004.12.022
Kavdir, Y., D.P. Rasse, and A.J.M. Smucker. 2005. Alfalfa root and shoot contribution to
nitrogen leaching and retention. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 109:97-106.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2005.02.020
Rasse, D.P., G. Peresta and B.G. Drake. 2005. Seventeen years of elevated CO2 exposure in a
Chesapeake Bay Wetland: sustained but contrasting responses of plant growth and CO2
uptake. Global Change Biology, 11:369-377. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00913.x
Full text: http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1365-2486.2005.00913.x
Veroustraete, F., H. Sabbe, D.P. Rasse, Bertels, L. 2004. Carbon mass fluxes of vegetation in
Belgium determined with low resolution optical sensors. International Journal of Remote
Sensing, 25:769-792. http://journalsonline.tandf.co.uk/link.asp?id=wx199a5r2nhv45xd
Rasse, D.P., J. Li, and B.G. Drake. 2003. Carbon dioxide assimilation by a wetland sedge
canopy exposed to ambient and elevated CO2: measurements and model analysis.
Functional Ecology, 17:222-230. http://dx.doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2435.2003.00730.x
Rasse, D.P., S. Stolaki, G. Peresta, and B.G. Drake. 2002. Patterns of canopy-air CO2
concentration in a brackish wetland: analysis of a decade of measurements and the simulated
effects on the vegetation. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology. 144:59-73.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00135-1
Rasse, D.P. 2002. Nitrogen deposition and atmospheric CO2 interactions on fine root dynamics
in temperate forests: a theoretical model analysis. Global Change Biology. 8: 486-503.
Misson, L., D.P. Rasse, C. Vincke., M. Aubinet, and L.M. François. 2002. Predicting
transpiration from forest stands in Belgium for the 21st century. Agriculture and Forest
Meteorology. 11:265-282. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0168-1923(02)00039-4
Otto, D., D.P. Rasse, J. Kaplan, and L.M. François. 2001. Biospheric carbon stocks
reconstructed at the Last Glacial Maximum: comparison between general circulation models
using prescribed and computed sea surface temperatures. Global Planetary Change. 33:117138. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0921-8181(02)00066-8
Rasse, D.P., L. François, M. Aubinet, A.S. Kowalski, I. Vande Walle, E. Laitat and J.-C. Gérard.
2001. Modelling short-term CO2 fluxes and long-term tree growth in temperate forests with
ASPECTS. Ecological Modelling. 141:35-52. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0304-3800(01)00239-3
Rasse, D.P, B. Longdoz, and R. Ceulemans. 2001. TRAP: a modelling approach to belowground carbon allocation in temperate forests. Plant and Soil. 229:281-293.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/A:1004832119820
Rasse, D.P., J.T. Ritchie, W.R. Peterson, J. Wei, and A.J.M. Smucker. 2000. Rye cover crop and
nitrogen fertilization effects on nitrate leaching in inbred maize fields. Journal of
Environmental Quality. 29:298-304.
Rasse, D.P., A.J.M. Smucker, and D. Santos. 2000. Alfalfa root and shoot mulching effects on
soil hydraulic properties and aggregation. Soil Science Society of America Journal. 64:725731.
Rasse, D.P., J. T. Ritchie, W.W. Wilhelm, J. Wei, and E.C. Martin. 2000. Simulation of inbredmaize yields with CERES-IM. Agronomy Jounal. 92:672-678.
Rasse, D.P., A.J.M. Smucker, and O. Schabenberger. 1999. Modifications of soil nitrogen pools
in response to alfalfa root systems and shoot mulch. Agronomy Journal. 91:471-477.
Rasse, D.P., and A.J.M. Smucker. 1999. Tillage effects on soil nitrogen and plant biomass in a
corn-alfalfa rotation. Journal of Environmental Quality. 28:873-880.
Rasse, D.P., J.T. Ritchie, W.R. Peterson, T.L. Loudon, and E.C. Martin. 1999. Nitrogen
management impacts on yield and nitrate leaching in inbred maize systems. Journal of
Environmental Quality. 28:1365-1371.
Rasse, D.P., and A.J.M. Smucker. 1998. Root recolonization of previous root channels in corn
and
alfalfa
rotations.
Plant
and
Soil.
204,
203-212.
http://dx.doi.org/204:202-
212.10.1023/A:1004343122448
Book chapters and conference proceedings
Drake, B. G., L. Hughes, E. A. Johnson, B. A. Seibel, M. A. Cochrane, V. J. Fabry, D. Rasse, and L.
Hannah. 2005. Synergistic Effects. In: Climate Change and Biodiversity. T. E. Lovejoy and L.
Hannah, eds. Yale University Press, New Haven, CT. pp 296-316.
Drake, B.G., and D.P. Rasse. 2003. The effects of elevated CO2 on plants: photosynthesis,
transpiration, primary productivity and biodiversity. Advances in Applied Biodiversity Science.
4, 53-59.
Smucker, A.J.M., Y. Kavdir, C.J. Dell, and D.P. Rasse. 2003. Plant carbon and nitrogen
contributions to the formation and function of soil aggregation processes in sustainable
agroecosystems. In: Innovative Soil-Plant Systems for Sustainable Agricultural Practices. (Eds.)
J.M. Lynch, J.S. Schepers, I. Unver. Proceedings of an OEDC Workshop, Izmir, Turkey. pp. 93104.
Deckmyn G., R. Ceulemans, D.P. Rasse, D.A. Sampson, J. Garcia, and B. Muys. 2003. Modeling
the carbon sequestration of a mixed, uneven-aged, managed forest using the process model
SECRETS. In Modelling Forest Systems. A. Amaro, D. Reed and P. Soares (eds) CABI
Publishing, Wallingford, UK. pp. 143-155.
François, L., A. Probst, Y. Goddéris, J. Schott, D.P. Rasse, D. Viville, O. Pokrovsky, and B. Dupré.
2001. A new model of rock weathering: design and validation on a small granitic catchment. pp
391-394 In Water Rock Interaction, 2001. Volume 1. R. Cidu (ed) International Association of
Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry. A.A. Balkema Publishers, Lisse, Holland.
Rasse, D.P., B. Nemry, and R. Ceulemans. 2001. Stand-thinning effects on C fluxes in 20th and 21stcentury Scots pine forests: a sensitivity analysis with ASPECTS. Workshop IEFC, Bordeaux
France, 7 - 9 September 2000. European Forest Institute Proceedings, pp 18-30.
Nemry, B., L. François, J.-C. Gérard, D. Otto, D.P. Rasse, and P. Warnant. 2000. Impact of crops on
biomass and soil carbon: steady state simulations. pp. 101-106 In W. Cramer, R. Doherty, M.
Hulme, and D. Viner. Climate Scenarios for Agricultural and Ecosystem Impacts. ECLAT-2
Report No. 2, Potsdam Workshop, 13-15 October 1999, CRU, Norwich, UK.
Rasse, D.P. and A.J.M. Smucker. 1998. Soil water and nitrate fluxes modifications by alfalfa and
corn root systems. In 16th World Congress of Soil Science. Proceedings. International Soil
Science Society - French Soil Science Society. Montpellier France. CD-ROM. 7 pages.
Agricultural extension articles
Rasse, D.P. 2001. Alfalfa root and shoot effects on soil properties. CCA Advantage. Certified Crop
Adviser Program. American Society of Agronomy. January 2001 issue: 5-8.